Metabolic Predictors of Equine Performance in Endurance Racing.

ABSTRACT: Equine performance in endurance racing depends on the interplay between physiological and metabolic processes. However, there is currently no parameter for estimating the readiness of animals for competition. Our objectives were to provide an in-depth characterization of metabolic consequences of endurance racing and to establish a metabolic performance profile for those animals. We monitored metabolite composition, using a broad non-targeted metabolomics approach, in blood plasma samples from 47 Arabian horses participating in endurance races. The samples were collected before and after the competition and a total of 792 metabolites were measured. We found significant alterations between before and after the race in 417 molecules involved in lipids and amino acid metabolism. Further, even

SUBMITTER: Halama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7912089 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature